Aricent recently announced the availability of a self-contained LTE-in-a-box solution partnering chip maker, Octasic. The solution runs on all Octasic multi-mode Software Defined Radio platforms, including the single-radio OCTBTS 3000 and OCTBTS 8000, as well as the dual-radio OCTBTS 3500. Octasic's OCTBTS family of base station platforms are ready-to-deploy Software Defined Radio (SDR) systems powered by the OCT2224W small cell system-on-a-chip (SoC).
The solution is alos powered by Aricent's LTE eNB Framework and LTE Evolved Packet Core(EPC) Lite Framework. According to Aricent, its LTE eNB framework software is a highly-optimized, flexible and deployment proven LTE small cell solution. It is used by clients to develop indoor and outdoor small cells ranging from low capacity to high capacity. Aricent EPC Lite Framework is a deployment ready LTE core with standard LTE components HSS, MME, PGW, SGW and PCRF.
Rakesh Vij, Chief Business Officer, Aricent
Our field proven LTE and 3G small cell solutions, LTE evolved packet core and VoLTE solutions are flexible and deliver optimized performance across a small form factor and special platforms like Octasic's. The software solutions can scale to larger capacity and coverage across a range of indoor and outdoor network types in private and commercial settings.
Michel Laurence, Executive Chairman, Octasic
The LTE OCTBTS platforms support up to 45 Mb/s aggregate and 32 active users per radio in extremely small form factors. .
